In English - Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

Corporate Profile
BHEL is an integrated power plant equipment
manufacturer and one of the largest engineering and
manufacturing companies in India in terms of turnover.
Established in 1964, BHEL ushered in the indigenous
Heavy Electrical Equipment industry in India - a dream
that has been more than realized with a well-recognized
track record of performance. The company has been
earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying
dividends since 1976-77. BHEL is engaged in the
design, engineering, manufacture, construction, testing,
commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products
and services for the core sectors of the economy, viz.
Power, Transmission, Industry, Transportation,
Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Defence. The
company has 15 manufacturing divisions, two repair
units, four regional offices, eight service centres, eight
overseas offices and 15 regional centres and currently
operates at more than 150 project sites across India
and abroad. The company places strong emphasis on
innovation and creative development of new
technologies. The company has realized the capability
to deliver 20,000 MW p.a. of power equipment , enabling
to address growing demand for power generation
equipment. Our research and development (R&D) efforts
are aimed not only at improving the performance and
efficiency of our existing products, but also at using
state-of-the-art technologies and processes to develop
new products. This enables us to have a strong customer
orientation, to be sensitive to their needs and respond
quickly to the changes in the market.
The high level of quality & reliability of our products is
due to adherence to international standards by acquiring
and adapting some of the best technologies from
leading companies in the world including General
Electric Company, Alstom SA, Siemens AG and
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., together with
technologies developed in our own R&D centres.
Most of our manufacturing units and other entities have
been accredited to Quality Management Systems (ISO
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9001:2008), Environmental Management Systems (ISO
14001:2004) and Occupational Health & Safety
Management Systems (OHSAS 18001:2007). BHEL,
where Quality Systems as per ISO-9000 have taken
deep roots has made significant achievements in the
CII Exim Award Scheme for Business Excellence by
securing ‘Commendation for Significant Achievements
in TQM’ for three of its manufacturing units and one
power sector-region during 2011-12.
Continuing its tradition of bagging prestigious National/
International awards, the company has been honoured
with several awards which included ‘MoU Excellence
Award 2009-10’ as the Top Performing CPSE in
‘Industrial Sector’; ‘SCOPE Meritorious Award for R&D,
Technology Development and Innovation’; ‘NDTV Profit
Business Leadership Award’ for the second year in
succession; ‘Golden Peacock Award for Occupational
Health & Safety 2011’& the ‘Golden Peacock Award for
Innovation Management 2011’; three Quality Circles
won Gold Medals for their case studies at the
International Quality Circle Conference (ICQCC – 2011)
held in Yokohama, Japan; 8 Prime Minister’s ‘Shram
Awards’ including 2 ‘Shram Bhushan’ and 5
‘Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskars’
Haridwar & Trichy units and Power Sector Eastern
region have recorded an improvement of 5.26%, 5.19%
600 MW Turbo-Generator being dispatched for
North Chennai TPS